Harvest Festival (September)

The farmers in Lhasa, Gyantse and Shangnan to celebrating their boomer harvest in this time. During that time, people enjoy with horse racing games, custom fashion show, songs and dance Archery and picnic etc.

is a time for the farmers in Lhasa, Gyantse, and Shangnan to celebrate the end of harvest time with horse-racing games, archery contests, costumed fashion shows, songs and dances, and--of course--food.

The farmers in Lhasa, Gyantse and Shangnan celebrate their harvest on this festival. During the time, people enjoy with horse racing games, costum fashion show, songs , dance, archery and picnic etc.

Ongkor Festival: It is a holiday for Tibetans, looking forward to harvest. It is usually celebrated when crops are ripe, and will last three to five days. People dress up, hold colorful flags with good wishes, carry a "harvest tower" built with barley stalks and ears. They sing and dance, beat drums and gongs and walk around the fields. On this day, people also enjoy horseracing etc. Then they will begin the intense autumn harvest.

After the bath day, the field is ready for reaping in the 8th month. Then there will be `wan-guo' (circling field) festival. All people will put on ancient warrior dresses, ride on horses with fancy colours to go through the fields. They will be led by people holding barley plants, flags, Buddha's images, and carrying scriptures. Parties are organized with drinking and archery to celebrate the crops. It is only after these rites that the people harvest.

This is a very ancient tradition of Tibet. When Bonism dominated years ago, Bonism priests would manage the procedures. After the rising of Tibetan Buddhism, the ceremony changed to the present form. The original intention was probably to train Tibetan farmers for military coordination.